UTICA, N.Y., March 3, 2005 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- CONMED Corporation (Nasdaq: CNMD) announced today that its Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be held at the company's corporate offices, 525 French Road, Utica, NY 13502 on Tuesday, May 17, 2005 at 3:30 P.M. (New York Time). Shareholders of record at the close of business on March 30, 2005 shall be entitled to vote at the 2005 Annual Meeting.

CONMED Profile

CONMED is a medical technology company with an emphasis on surgical devices and equipment for minimally invasive procedures and monitoring. The Company's products serve the clinical areas of arthroscopy, powered surgical instruments, electrosurgery, cardiac monitoring disposables, endosurgery and endoscopic technologies. They are used by surgeons and physicians in a variety of specialties including orthopedics, general surgery, gynecology, neurosurgery, and gastroenterology. Headquartered in Utica, New York, the Company's 2,800 employees distribute its products worldwide from eleven manufacturing locations.

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